Title :
Developments in mapping of seabed habitats for Marine Protected Area planning and monitoring
Author :
Jordan, Alan ; Davies, Peter ; Ingleton, Tim ; Mesley, Edwina ; Neilson, Joe ; Pritchard, Tim
Author_Institution :
New South Wales Dept. of Environ., Climate Change & Water, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
To date a total area of approximately 275 km2 of continental shelf waters within the Solitary Islands Marine Park and adjacent waters has been swath mapped. This data, combined with maps of shallow reefs digitised from aerial photos, underwater video surveys and Geographical Information System (GIS) analysis is used to create a number of spatial products such as digital elevation models (with analysis of slope and rugosity), vector based seabed habitat maps and spatially-linked data on macro-benthic floral and faunal assemblages.
Keywords :
digital elevation models; geographic information systems; photogrammetry; seawater; Geographical Information System analysis; Marine Park; Solitary Islands; aerial photos; continental shelf waters; digital elevation models; faunal assemblage; macrobenthic floral assemblage; marine protected area monitoring; marine protected area planning; rugosity; seabed habitat maps; shallow reefs; spatial products; underwater video surveys; Acoustics; Backscatter; Biology; Communities; Ecosystems; Planning; Sediments;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2010 IEEE - Sydney
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5221-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5222-4
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANSSYD.2010.5603890
